Fails, Everywhere Digital Signage Fails December 17, 2018 by Super User Digital signage is so common now in retail and public spaces that I don’t tend to notice screens as much as I did for many years, when it was interesting to see what early adopters are doing. Now I tend more to notice stuff that isn’t right – because it sends the wrong message and …
Navori Debuts “Insane” Capability To Drive 16 Different Signals To 16 HD Screens Off One Player December 17, 2018 by Super User The Swiss software firm Navori will be showing some new in-house technology at ISE that it says gets an “insane” amount of display performance out of a single playback box. The Swiss as people aren’t typically known for hyping the hell out of things, so Navori’s marketers must be dead-serious when they take an internal …
Chinese LED Firm Marketing A Version Of That Failed Times Square Shape-Shifting Screen December 17, 2018 by Super User One might have thought the shape-shifting LED display that Coca-Cola put in Times Square was such a disaster, as innovations go, that the market for such a product was created and killed in a matter of weeks. But while the Coca-Cola screen’s way-too-many moving parts have been rendered static, there are companies out there marketing …
Signagelive Adds Easy, Template-Based Creative Via PosterMyWall Integration December 14, 2018 by Super User UK digital signage CMS software shop Signagelive has always been fast and smart about tying in to capabilities it can add to its overall offer, choosing to partner rather than build. Its integration is with the US-based firm PosterMyWall – a template-driven, cloud-based platform that allows end-users to build promotional spots without having a lick of design …
Intuiface Adds Deep Analytics To Its Interactive Design Suite December 14, 2018 by Super User The French software firm Intuiface is the latest vendor in the digital signage ecosystem to add analytics capabilities to its overall offer – though in this case it is less about viewer movement and time as it is about the specifics of interactive display sessions. The company describes Intuiface Analytics as a “product set enabling any …
16:9 Mixer At ISE: Register Now December 14, 2018 by Super User It’s official – there will be 16:9 Mixers at DSE AND at ISE in Amsterdam in 2019. The DSE Vegas details are still being sorted (but same place, format, etc as is past) but the inaugural ISE event is ready to go. It will be Wednesday, Feb. 6th from 4 to 6 pm, at the …
Rome’s Airport Has Shape-Shifting LED Ad Chandelier December 13, 2018 by Super User Anything with moving parts has risks, but using programmed hydraulic arms and LED screens inside and airport is way, way, way less trouble-prone and risky than something with thousands of sync’d, ever-moving bits on an outside display. That’s why comparing this install to the doomed Coca-Cola display in Times Square isn’t all that relevant. This …
RMG Brings Symon Brand Back To Its Digital Signage Offer December 13, 2018 by Super User RMG Networks has revived the Symon brand – which was disappeared some five years ago when RMG acquired the Dallas-based business visual messaging company, Symon Communications. RMG is still the corporate entity, but the enterprise (on-premise) software platform will be called Symon. The relatively new cloud-based CMS will continue to be marketed as Korbyt. Says …
Video: LAX Int’L Terminal Gets Content Refresh For Iconic Digital Signage Install December 13, 2018 by Super User The LAX International Terminal digital experience is a few years old now, but to the credit of the airport and JC Decaux, which has the media concession for the airport, the content is being refreshed. This is a loop showing the content being developed for the seven big display elements in the post-security part of …
Spectrio Buys Codigo; Gets Footprint & Experience In Financial Services December 12, 2018 by Super User Tampa-based in-store marketing solutions provider Spectrio has acquired Louisville-based Codigo, a digital signage and kiosk software and solutions shop that has long focused on the financial services industry. “Over the years, Spectrio has focused on client growth in automotive, healthcare, hospitality, veterinary, and retail verticals. We are excited to add a fresh focus on the financial industry,” …
